Mister president , you have a quorum. President walton thank you Madam Clerk. The board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseededancestral homeland of the ramakrishna alumni who are the originalinhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition , they have never forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. As well as for our people who reside in their traditional territory. As yetwe recognize that we benefit from living and working on their their traditional homeland, we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors , elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone Community and by affirming their sovereign right as first people. Would you please place your right hand over your heart and join me in the pledge of allegiance . Ipledge allegianceto the flag of the United States of america and to therepublic for which it stands , one nation , under god , indivisible with Liberty And
Members, city employees and the public T Board of supervisors legislative chamber are closed. However, members can participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state, and federal declarations. Committee members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, channel 26, 78, 99 and sfgovtv. Org. And each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak are available via Phone Call at 4156550001, meeting i. D. 187 1535648 and then Press Pound twice. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be meet moout and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, Dial Star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down the television or radio. Alternatively, email to myself at the linda. Wong sfgov. Org. If you submit public comment via
The meeting with come to order. This is the may 12, 2021, Budget And Finance committee meeting. Im haney, chair of the Budget And Finance committee joined by gordon mar and i believe supervisor safai. The clerk is ms. Linda wong. I would like to thank Sfgov Tv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the Covid19 Health Emergency and to protect members, city employees and the public T Board of supervisors legislative chamber are closed. However, members can participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state, and federal declarations. Committee members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they are physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, channel 26, 78, 99 and sfgovtv. Org. And each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunity to speak are available via Phone Call at 4156550001, meeting i. D. 187 1535648 an
Witness or just contacting this witness or both . Theres multiple instances here. Ive been reporting on this for a few months. Its important for people to remember that aside from allegations of sex and drugs, at the heart of this investigation is a group of very young women. Many of them are vulnerable. Ive spoken to many of them. Many of them have said theyre scared to be part of a federal investigation. And they are especially susceptible to any influence especially from powerful men. And now weve learned the Justice Department is looking at whether the congressman or any of his associates have tried to influence these witnesses. Whats also interesting is in our reporting we learned this isnt new. Investigators have been worried about obstruction around the time the Sex Trafficking Investigation began. Now among the incidents under scrutiny, we know last october, october 2020, early in the month, the congressman and an associate discussed taking a trip to visit his exgirlfriend who
Embattled matt gaetz is about to enter a guilty plea as part of a federal Sex Trafficking investigation. What it could mean for the congressman. Im here with chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in tel aviv. And mike memoli. Richard, let me start with you. So it does not seem to be slowing down, there was an intense night of israeli strikes on to the gaza strip, all throughout the gaza strip. North, center and the south. People who live there told us it was among the heaviest bombardments theyve ever seen in all of the recent wars between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. So intense bombings there. The most deadliest incident took place when israel struck a road, it says, that it is trying to destroy Hamas Tunnels and infrastructure. That is what israel says is the point of this. To take away hamas ability to launch rockets that fall indiscriminately on israeli systems. Many of those rockets are enter l intercepted by its other than dome system. Some do make it through. But a